(July 4, 2010)
“I don’t know why bad ideas
spread faster than good ones,
but they do.”
—David Sedaris
Folks sip margaritas and beer,
smoke babyback ribs, gorge themselves
on sweet corn and watermelon,
clamoring for the yearly fireworks show,
patriotic bombs bursting in air
to celebrate the unalienable rights
to send aliens back where they came from
and to treat everyone as an illegal
just for breathing the air of liberty
in the land of the free and home of the brave.
Storm clouds build on the mountains,
gusts whipping through the valley
shaking ancient saguaro to the roots.
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First appeared in Agave, a Celebration of Tequila, edited by Nathan and Ashley Brown, published by Ink Brush Press available at Amazon.
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